Ibn 'Umar reported that when his children had reached puberty
and he had withdrawn to his room, none of them entered where he was except
with his permission.
'Alqama said, "A man came to 'Abdullah and said, 'Should I ask
permission to go in where my mother is?' He said, 'At all times. Do you
want to see her (exposed)?'"
Ibn 'Abbas said, "The verse, 'Do not enter houses other than
your own until you have asked permission and greeted their inhabitants'
(24:27) has an exception made to it when Allah says, 'There is nothing
wrong in your entering houses where no one lives where there is some service
for you. Allah knows what you divulge and what you conceal.'"
